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| | Pyrrhic (DBA 43) |
 | | In early 280 BC, preceded by his general Milo with a 3,000 man detachment, Pyrrhus embarked an army of 20,000 foot, 3,000 horse, 2,000 archers, 500 slingers and 20 elephants, which was widely scattered by a storm. |
 | | He dictated terms of peace, which were rejected by the Roman Senate, prompting Pyrrhus to march on the city of Rome, approaching to within 24 miles before its fortifications and the approach of winter prompted him to retire to Tarentum. |
 | | Finding his position politically untenable, he returned to Tarentum in autumn 276 BC to find his Samnite allies disaffected by his lack of attention and the city and his garrison just hanging on against the Romans. |
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